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DIALS FOR RECORDING OF SYNAGOGUE DONATIONS ON SABBATH. 1913 - Card with metal arrows inserted into thirty two circular dials, with text in Hebrew and Yiddish. Designed as a means to record donation amounts, personal information about the donor and date of donation, including identification of Torah portion read in synagogue, the time of year, etc. on the Sabbath when writing is prohibited. Printed on the card: Patented in Washington by Moses Cohen 1913.